Although I have been a lazy blogger lately we haven't been lazy working on our remaining tasks at all. So, unsurprisingly, since my previous post we have reached and passed a few nice milestones. The latest one is that we're finally able to build the gcc2/gcc4 hybrid Haiku images again, including all the software needed for the official release.

While that in itself isn't a particularly impressive feat - after all we were already able to build the complete gcc 2 part before - the interesting aspect is how we are doing it.

Sure it does. It's a free and open source operating system with the design philosophy of Mac OS X: Built together from the kernel to the GUI by the same unified development team, easy to use, 100% GUI driven NO command line necessary, easy to install and configure, unified look between applications.

On top of that it has a unique method of handling threads that prevents the user from EVER losing control (there is no concept of an hourglass icon or spinning beachball in Haiku).

Blah blah blah on and on I ramble. I'm sorry, my Haiku-fanboyism is really showing.